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Aquinas: The Son Is the One Idea

Posted in Ancient Philosophers, Bible, Christology, Cosmology, Doctrine of God, Medieval Authors, Neo-Platonism, Philosophy, Philosophy/Theology, Plato, Reason/Revelation, Theology, Thomas Aquinas, tagged , , , , , on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Commenting on Colossians 1:16 Thomas says:
He [Paul] says that the Son is the first-born of every creature because he is generated or begotten as the principle of every creature. And so he says, for in him all things were created.  
With respect to this, we should note that the Platonists affirmed the existence of Ideas, and [...]

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